As the hottest summer ever (OK maybe not, but it sure feels like it) rolls on, here are my must-reads for the month of August.  I tend to be reading two books at a time.  One is typically something to help me improve my craft or a topic I am wanting to learn about, and […]

With the 4th of July Weekend upon us here in the US, it’s a great time to step away and do some reading.  Here is my list of books for July.  I hope you enjoy them. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis First, I must say that I am a huge […]

My monthly list of books to read and ( hopefully ) inspire you or provoke new thoughts or ideas. The Pixar Touch by David A. Price Pixar is one of America’s iconic brands.  There are numerous books about the story of the rise of this company. I have read only this one, so I don’t […]

It’s that time again.  Here are my May 2011 must-reads. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon If you are a fan of The Wire, a series on HBO that aired a few years back, this is the book that inspired that series.  If you are not a fan of The Wire, […]

It’s a day late, but here is my April list of must-reads.  There are only two this month, but both are excellent. War by Sebastian Junger I don’t know where to begin with this book.  It is one of the best books I have ever read.  This is the first book by Sebastian Junger I […]

The Warmth Of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration By Isabel Wilkerson I stumbled across this book thanks to Amazon’s recommendation engine.  This book re-tells the story of three Americans as they migrated themselves and their families from the segregated, oppressive South to the more free, less oppressive North.  Their stories are […]

I just finished reading Ben Mezrich’s latest book, The Accidental Billionaires.  I am a big fan of Ben’s and have read most all of his other books.  I picked this one up for a couple reasons.  One, I have read a good bit about the founding of Facebook and wanted to see if there was […]